Sometimes people in the NFL — coaches, players, team owners — say interesting things, and when they do, two standards are usually used to evaluate what they say. first standard, Did it help or hurt the team? Fans and analysts focus a lot on this standard.

So for example Nick SirianniUnintentional exposure on Friday jalen hurts His ankle injury attracted a lot of attention. Coaches try to keep health-related information as confidential as possible because making these details public would provide obvious soft targets for their opponents. So it was notable that Sirianni misinterpreted a question and let everyone know exactly where Hurts hurt.

The second is simpler: How interesting was it? This is the gold standard for those of us who follow the league or a team without any deep-seated interest, but from as unbiased and objective a point of view as possible. As an example, Andy Reid is among the best coaches in NFL history, and Rex Ryan only had a winning record twice in his eight years with the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. But choosing between tapping Andy’s time (notifying everyone to death) and checking the results of one of Rex’s mushroom cloud press conferences wasn’t an option at all. What can I say? Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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This brings us to the following point: eagles‘ Dallas Cowboys’ 34-6 defeat on Sunday, Jerry Jones’ post-game words and the importance of these words. Have you read them? Have you heard of them? Oh, it was a scene. Jones talks to the media after every game, even if the Cowboys suck — and make no mistake, the 2024 Cowboys, who are currently 3-6 and likely without Dak Prescott until next season, suck. So Jones was already angry and frustrated and someone asked him: sunlight rays It beamed through the windows of AT&T Stadium and literally blinded players on both teams. Why don’t you close the stadium curtains, Jerrah?

“Well, then let’s tear down the damn stadium and build a new one,” Jones told reporters. “Are you kidding me? The same thing happened to everyone. Every team that comes here has the same problems. I say the world knows where the sun is. You find out almost a year in advance. Someone asked me about the sun. What about the sun? Where is the moon?”

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Now let’s get back to these two standards. If I followed the Cowboys regularly, I would rush to their locker room every week to listen to Jones. Let him go on and on about Prescott’s contract, Mike McCarthy’s job situation, the sun, the moon and the Rolling Stones, that’s all I care about. These will all be endlessly fascinating and contribute to great reviews.

But if I were a Cowboys fan, I’d want Jones to shut up. I would like the organization to stop creating an environment where every member feels emboldened to point the finger at everyone else. I would like to see them not allow fans to tour the team’s headquarters and charge them $40 to $90. According to ESPN — while coaches and players work there, a “zoo-like” scenario, according to one former Cowboy. I wish he would stop seeking attention because if he and the casting crew were a Super Bowl They would get all the attention Jones desired and more, with a team they hadn’t done in nearly 30 years. I wish Jones would stop creating… and here is the scariest word in the NFL… distractions.

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The Eagles, overall and certainly compared to the Cowboys and a few other teams, minimize these self-inflicted obstacles. That’s one of the big reasons why they’ve been such a frequently losing team in the NFC East over the past decade. They are not as chaotic as Dallas. They’re not as old-school and backward-thinking as the Giants. They have maintained a level of proficiency that Washington failed to establish under Daniel Snyder and is only now approaching with Jayden Daniels and Dan Quinn.

In fact, Sirianni has been the main source of distractions the Eagles have faced of late. Here was his behavior during and after the team’s victory over the Browns a month ago: perfect example – but also the latest. He has not been guilty of anything similar since. Yes, the Eagles have faced plenty of subpar teams during this five-game winning streak. Yes, Saquon Barkley was remarkable and his defense was excellent. Hurts reduced turnovers. But three of the Eagles’ last four wins were one-sided, and one should have been, and the best improvement in those two years coincided with Sirianni displaying a calmer, more collected public demeanor.

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It could just be correlation. There may be more. Sirianni’s change in behavior could benefit the Eagles. Maybe it doesn’t hurt them. Either way, they meet a standard their division counterparts rarely approach, and Jerry Jones’ team is stuck where the sun doesn’t shine.